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Watching all the Japan earthquake coverage made me realize I’ve neglected one aspect in my preparedness efforts. There is a big likelihood a disaster can happen while you are away from home and emergency supplies. Most of my supplies are at home. I already have a car kit, and recently upgraded my office kit. But I don’t have much in terms of the EDC -or everyday carry. So I would be sorry indeed if an emergency were to happen while […]

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I was looking for something to make for dinner and found this Rice A Roni in my pantry. I’d had it for a while and it was well past the “Best By” date, in this case, 10/2009. How did this get past me? I thought, “Hmmm. Should I or shouldn’t I?” So I did some research on the internet about “Best by” dates. Technically, the item was not expired, it was past its […]

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com If you have been reading my posts for a while you know we had set aside a few bulk food storage items in 5 gallon buckets. If you have not seen the post, check out Survival Food Storage. We had one bucket left and no more bulk foods to pack so we decided to pack Health and First Aid supplies in the last bucket. Here is what it contains: Aspirin and acetaminophen Zyrtec […]

Last spring, I had a thriving balcony garden with tomatoes growing in the Topsy Turvy that I bought online “as Seen on TV.” I had hoped the contraption would last a few growing seasons. Well it didn’t. I left it out in the balcony, as I have no room whatsoever to store it. It held up fine at first, but the hard freeze came and must have frozen the material. It then thawed and got brittle and you see what’s […]

Last week, one of our local channels had a segment on stockpiling food by using coupons. A local coupon expert was featured; the interviewer followed her around the grocery store as she picked up sale items and combined coupons for impressive savings. The segment concluded that we should all use coupons and store sales to stockpile food as a hedge against inflation. Today Fox News featured Tess Pennington of Ready Nutrition. The report recommended that anyone can start their emergency […]

I should have filled up the tank yesterday. But I was tired and decided to wait one day. When I pulled up to the gas station, the price had just increased by an additional $0.20 a gallon. It was the same over at the next block, so there was not much of a choice. All over the country, people are cringing as they see gas prices rapidly increasing. I won’t tell you to go out and buy a more fuel […]

One huge challenge to preparing in an apartment is the storage issue. What if there is absolutely no room left in the apartment for storage; after you have purged stuff and added creative space savers, what else can you do for storage? One possible solution that may work for some is to rent a storage unit. The storage unit must be: Easy to access. You must be able to get to the unit quickly in an emergency. Clean. Inspect the […]

It’s been a while since I reviewed a prepackaged freeze dried food so I decided to be adventurous and try Backpacker’s Pantry Pad Thai. It is a vegetarian noodle dish, and the family elected to eat other foods so I was the only one who tried it. I was a little “iffy” about the dish at first, but since it was so easy to prepare I figured, “Why not?” The first step is to take out the peanut butter packet […]

Now that I have been preparing for a few months, I am well aware of the disadvantages for us apartment dwellers in the big city: lack of space is a big one, followed by management rules and inspections, overcrowding, crime, massive traffic, partnered with the ever looming possibility of getting trapped in a chaotic city when the SHTF. The list is long, something we just have to deal with on a daily basis, so I had to pause and tell […]

I received a reviewer’s copy of How to Live on Wheat, 3rd Edition by John Hill, which was released December 2010. I must admit I had not heard of this book before, and likely would not have read it: in my mind, “living on wheat” seems like one of those “advanced” activities, far above my preparedness skills. As it turns out, I am happy to admit I was wrong about my initial impression. Live on Wheat has a lot of […]